Going to One Nap???

Ok guys I’m looking for a little guidance here please. Sorry for the long post. My little one is one today! ☺️ This is his sleep schedule. He wakes around 6:30, naps from 10ish to 11ish and again from 2 til 3:20 or 3:30 and in bed at 7:30 or occasionally 7. This is only sort of working because left to his own devices he would sleep an hour and a half on his first nap and then skip his second one or cut it to 30 mins which leaves him a fussy mess by 6 or 6:30. I have been waking him after an hour from his first nap and it has been working out BUT he is sometimes trying to skip the afternoon nap now. I know he is sleepy. Rubbing his eyes and fussy but he has decided he is too busy playing to sleep. I’m just wondering do I try to make the transition to one nap? I’m kinda scared because generally if he doesn’t nap we are up at night. Long as he naps he sleeps all night. Any advice?

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Nope. Don't do it! It's a phase that will soon pass. My LO (little one) just went through it. (She was 1 on the 8th). About a week and a half ago she finally started taking that second nap again. But she was definitely fighting it for awhile. Most babies need two naps until at least 15 months old.

I definitely don’t want him to drop the second nap! He has always went down easier on the first and will sleep longer then too. I have started waking him after an hour on the morning nap in hopes his afternoon one will extend. I’m hoping that the pp is correct and it is just a phase. He had been incredibly demanding and fussy mess the past couple days. Anytime I tell him no it’s a major event now. Hopefully it’s all connected and will pass

I definitely don’t want him to drop the second nap! He has always went down...

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10/24/2018

I definitely don’t want him to drop the second nap! He has always went down easier on the first and will sleep longer then too. I have started waking him after an hour on the morning nap in hopes his afternoon one will extend. I’m hoping that the pp is correct and it is just a phase. He had been incredibly demanding and fussy mess the past couple days. Anytime I tell him no it’s a major event now. Hopefully it’s all connected and will pass

My daughter since turning one has been the same sleepy tantrums. She ends up hurting herself playing cause she is too tired. Today she almost did a handstand while crawling under the kitchen table and then got caught on the chairs rail. Shes been all over from 1-3 naps depending on teething. I've just been putting her in the crib and leaving her and she falls asleep fairly fast. Afternoon is the worst, cause even though we leave her, she doesnt always fall asleep. But shes fine until her bedtime of 8/830.

My daughter dropped afternoon nap. Transition took a while and now she still get two here and there, but most of days it’s just one.
I even talked with pediatrician about this and she said it’s normal. Some children drop it even as early as 10 months.

And there is no rule about which nap goes, sometimes it’s morning, sometimes afternoon. The one which stays tends to move to the middle of time anyway.

We have really nice time with one nap, however recent hard teething and now cold messed up with sleep.

My son has been on one nap for a couple of months now because of daycare. He goes down around 12 and sleeps two hours, sometimes more. I move bedtime up to compensate. He's in bed by 6PM most nights. Sleeps through most of the time.

Mine is also fighting the afternoon nap. I know she needs it because if we drive around 2-3 pm, she will pass out within a minute of being in the car but if I try to put her down at home, she wants to play instead. Almost everything I’ve read warns about over tired toddlers when trying to drop to one nap too early so I’m going to keep offering the second nap, sometimes even ‘forcing’ it by going for a drive until this phase passes. I look forward to one nap but I know it’s not time.

Every child is different. Both of my children dropped their morning naps right after their first birthday. It wasn’t sudden. It was a month long transition of having one nap some days and two naps some days dpending on when he woke up in the morning from bed time. I was pushing and pushing to keep two naps, but he made it pretty clear he didn’t want two by either taking an hour to fall asleep or napping only 30 mins. He seems much happier to be doing one nap after lunch time (just like his 3 yr old brother).

Every child is different. Both of my children dropped their morning naps righ...

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10/29/2018

Every child is different. Both of my children dropped their morning naps right after their first birthday. It wasn’t sudden. It was a month long transition of having one nap some days and two naps some days dpending on when he woke up in the morning from bed time. I was pushing and pushing to keep two naps, but he made it pretty clear he didn’t want two by either taking an hour to fall asleep or napping only 30 mins. He seems much happier to be doing one nap after lunch time (just like his 3 yr old brother).

Exactly our story!
I actually messed up her bedtime routine by that pushing part.

In my family it’s kind of regular thing, we dropped naps early, both my sis and me.

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